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Xiaomi Mijia Security Camera Flaw Found By Reddit User

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Xiaomi, an electronics company fixed a cache update issue for its Xiaomi Mijia smart camera after a Reddit user claimed that attempting to view Xiaomi camera footage on his Google Nest Hub showed videos of strangers instead. The Xiaomi Mijia security camera can be linked to the Google Nest Hub which is Google's smart home display that allows users to integrate and view footage from their Nest camera devices and other third-party connected devices. Users can integrate their Google accounts on Xiaomi's Mi Home application.

Upon investigation, the glitch was caused by a cache update on December 26, 2019, which was designed to improve camera streaming quality. According to Xiaomi, the glitch has “only happened in extremely rare conditions.” It happened during the integration between the Mijia security camera 1080p and the Google Nest Hub with a display screen under poor network conditions.

Google was in contact with Xiaomi to work on a fix. Until the fix has been tested Google has shut down Xiaomi device access to its Google Nest Hub. Connected cameras continue to have a major privacy issue for consumers. In 2019, Ring had several stories emerge about hackers hijacking Ring devices and stalking to strangers through them. Throughout the year, several reports came out of webcams in Airbnbs and hotels being hacked to spy on hotel guests.